The Packers are the last vestige of "small town teams" that were
once common in the NFL during the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by
Earl "Curly" Lambeau (thus the name
Lambeau
Field in which the team plays) and George Whitney Calhoun, the Green Bay
Packers can trace their lineage to other semi-professional teams in
Green Bay dating back to 1896. In 1919 and 1920 the Packers
competed as a semi-professional football team against clubs from
around Wisconsin and the Midwest. They joined the American
Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1921, the forerunner to
what is known today as the National Football League (NFL).

The Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned major league
professional sports team in the United States. Beginning with the
1992 season, the Packers had 13 non-losing seasons in a row (their
worst record being 8–8 in 1999), two Super
Bowl appearances, and one Super Bowl win (Super Bowl XXXI). The Packers' 13
consecutive non-losing seasons was an active NFL record until the
team finally suffered a losing campaign in their 2005 season. They
returned to have an 8–8 season in 2006 and a 13–3 regular season in
2007, both under new head coach Mike
McCarthy.

Founding

Curly Lambeau

Green Bay Packers were founded on August 14, 1919 by former
high-school football rivals Earl "Curly"
Lambeau and George Whitney
Calhoun. Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his
employer, the Indian Packing
Company. He was given $500 for uniforms and equipment, on the
condition that the team be named for its sponsor. Today "Green Bay
Packers" is the oldest team-name still in use in the NFL.

On August 20, 1920, the Packers became a franchise in the new
national pro football league that had been formed the previous
year. Financial troubles plagued the team and the franchise was
lost the same year, although Lambeau found new backers the next
year and regained the franchise. The financial backers, known as
the "Hungry Five," formed the Green Bay
Football Corporation.

Notable seasons

Championships

The Packers claim 12 World Championships, the most in the NFL (the
next closest team is the Chicago Bears, with nine). The first three
were decided by league standing, the next six by the NFL Title
Game, and the final three by Super
Bowl victories. The Packers are also the only team to win three
straight NFL titles, having accomplished this twice (1929–1931 and
1965–67).

1959

In their first game under Lombardi on September 27, 1959, the
Packers shut out the Chicago
Bears at Lambeau Field. The Packers got off to a 3–0 start, but
lost the next five and won the last four games, to achieve their
first winning season since 1947.

1960

The next
year, the Packers, led
by Paul Hornung's 176 points, won the NFL West title, and played in
the NFL Championship
against the Philadelphia
Eagles at Philadelphia. In a see-saw game, the Packers trailed the
Eagles by four points late in the game, when Chuck Bednarik tackled Jim Taylor just nine
yards (8 m) short of the goal line as time ran out. They claimed
that they did not "lose" that game; they were simply behind in the
score when time ran out on them. The Packers would never again lose
the NFL Championship game under Lombardi.

1961

The Pack in 1920

Packers returned to
the NFL Championship
game the following season and faced the New York Giants. The Packers
scored 24 second-quarter points, as Paul Hornung, on special "loan"
from the Army, scored an NFL
Championship record 19 points (one touchdown, four extra-points and
three field-goals), and the Packers beat the Giants (of also
legendary-fame Y. A. Tittle and Frank Gifford), to win their first
NFL Championship since 1944.

1962

The Packers stormed
back in the 1962 season, jumping out
to a 10–0 start, on their way to a 13–1 season. This consistent
level of success would lead to Lombardi's Packers becoming one of
the most prominent teams of their era, and even to their being
featured as the face of the NFL on the cover of Time on December 21, 1962, as part of
the magazine's cover story on "The Sport of the '60s". Shortly
after Time's article, the Packers faced the Giants in a much more brutal
championship game than
the previous year, but the Packers prevailed on the surprising foot
of Jerry Kramer and the determined
running of Jim Taylor. The Packers defeated the Giants, 16–7.

1965

The Packers returned
to the championship
game in 1965
following a two-year absence, when they defeated the Colts in a
playoff for the Western Conference title. That game would be
remembered for Don Chandler's
controversial field goal in which the ball allegedly went wide
right, but the official raised his arms to grant the three points.
That disputed win earned the Packers a trip to the NFL Championship
game, where Hornung and Taylor ran through the Cleveland Browns, helping the
Packers defeat the Browns to earn their 3rd NFL Championship under
Lombardi.

1967

The 1967 season was the last one for
Vince Lombardi as the Packers' head coach. That year's NFL
Championship game, known universally as the Ice Bowl, is one of the most
famous football games (college or professional) in the history of
the sport. With 16 seconds left, Bart Starr's touchdown on a
quarterback sneak brought the Packers their third straight NFL
Championship - a feat no other team has matched since. The Packers
then won Super Bowl II with a 33–14
victory over the Oakland Raiders.
Lombardi became the General Manager of the Packers in 1968, and
Phil Bengtson was named as Head Coach. Lombardi left Green Bay in
1969, and was named Head Coach of the Washington Redskins.

After the death of Vince Lombardi in September 1970, the Super Bowl
trophy was renamed the Vince
Lombardi Trophy, in recognition of his, and his team's,
accomplishments. The road that goes by Lambeau Field, which is also one of Green
Bay's major thoroughfares, was named Lombardi Avenue in
honor of the coach.

1968–1991

For about a quarter century after Lombardi's departure, the Packers
had relatively little on-field success. In the 24 seasons from 1968
to 1991, the Packers had only five seasons with a winning record
(above .500), one being the shortened 1982 strike season. They appeared in the
playoffs twice during that period, with a record of 1–2. The period
saw five different head coaches - Phil
Bengtson, Dan Devine, Bart Starr, Forrest
Gregg, and Lindy Infante - two of
which were former Packer players in Lombardi's era (Starr and
Gregg), and one of which was a former coach (Bengtson). Examples of
poor draft choices shaping seasons are often mentioned in the
context of this time period. Examples include the 1974 draft, in
which coach Dan Devine sent five draft
picks (two first-rounders, two second-rounders and a third) to the
Los Angeles Rams for aging
quarterback John Hadl who would spend only
1 1/2 seasons in Green Bay. Another came in 1989, when players such as Barry Sanders, Deion
Sanders, and Derrick Thomas were
available, and the Packers chose offensive lineman Tony Mandarich. Though rated highly by nearly
every professional scout at the time, Mandarich's performance
failed to meet expectations. ESPN has rated
Mandarich as the third "biggest sports flop" in the last 25
years.

1992–2007: The Brett Favre era

The Packers' performance throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and early
1990s led to a shakeup in which new General Manager Ron Wolf was hired to take over full control of the
team's football operations during the 1991 season. In 1992, Wolf
hired San Francisco 49ers
offensive coordinator Mike Holmgren to
be the Packers' new head coach.

after hiring Holmgren, Wolf acquired quarterback Brett Favre from the Atlanta Falcons for a first-round pick.
Favre got the Packers' their first win of the 1992 season, stepping
in for injured quarterback Don
Majkowski and leading the Packers to a comeback win over the
Cincinnati Bengals.
Favre started the following week with a win against the Pittsburgh Steelers , and
never missed a start until leaving the team after the 2007 season.
He has started 271 consecutive games (including playoffs), which is
an NFL record for a quarterback.

The Packers had a 9–7
record in 1992, and began to turn
heads around the league when they signed perhaps the most prized
free agent in NFL history in Reggie
White on the defense. White believed that Wolf, Holmgren, and
Favre had the team heading in the right direction with a "total
commitment to winning." With White on board the Packers made it to
the second round of the playoffs during both the 1993 and 1994
seasons. In 1995, the Packers won the NFC Central
Division championship for the first time since 1972. After a home
playoff 37–20 win against Atlanta, the Packers defeated the
defending Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers 27–17 on
the road to advance to the NFC
Championship Game, where they lost to the Dallas Cowboys 38–27.

In 1996, the Packers' turnaround was
complete. The team posted a league-best 13–3 record in the regular
season, dominating the competition and securing home field
advantage throughout the playoffs. After relatively easy wins
against the 49ers
(35–14) and Carolina
Panthers (30–13) in the playoffs, the Packers advanced to the
Super Bowl for the first time in 29 years. In Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay defeated the
New England
Patriots 35–21 to win their 12th world championship, which is
still an NFL record. A 2007 panel of football experts at ESPN ranked the 1996 Packers the 6th-greatest team to
ever play in the Super Bowl.

In 1998, the Packers went 11–5 and were
eliminated in the first-round of the playoffs by the San Francisco 49ers, the
team Green Bay had beaten in the playoffs the previous three
seasons. This game turned out to be the end of an era, as Mike
Holmgren would leave the team days later to become Vice President,
General Manager and Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Much of Holmgren's
coaching staff went with him. Reggie
White also retired after the season (but later played one
season for the Carolina Panthers
in 2000), and the team struggled for an identity after the
departure of so many of the individuals who were responsible for
their Super Bowl run. In 2001, Ron Wolf
also retired. Packers' President Bob
Harlan credited Wolf, Holmgren, Favre, and White for ultimately
changing the fortunes of the organization and turning the Green Bay
Packers into a model NFL franchise.

The Packers had never lost a home playoff game since the NFL
instituted a postseason in 1933. They were 13–0—11 of the wins
coming at Lambeau and two more in Milwaukee. That ended January 4,
2002, when the Atlanta
Falcons defeated the Packers 27–7 in an NFC Wild
Card game.

2007

After missing the playoffs in 2006, Brett Favre announced that he
would return for the 2007 season; it would turn out to be one of
his best. The Packers won 10 of their first 11 games and finished
13–3, earning a first round bye in the playoffs. The Packers'
passing offense, led by Favre and one of the best wide receiver
groups in the NFC, finished first in the NFC. Running back Ryan Grant, acquired for a sixth-round draft pick
from the New York Giants, became the featured back in Green Bay and
rushed for 956 yards and 8 touchdowns in the final 10 games of the
regular season. In the divisional playoff round, in a heavy
snowstorm, the Packers beat the Seattle Seahawks 42–20. Grant
rushed for three touchdowns and over 200 yards, while Favre tossed
three touchdown passes.

On January 20, 2008, Green Bay appeared in their first NFC
Championship Game in 10 years facing the New York Giants in Green Bay.
The game was lost 23–20 on an overtime field goal by Lawrence Tynes.

In December 2007, Ted Thompson was
signed to a 5-year contract with the Packers, while it was
announced on February 5, 2008 that head coach Mike McCarthy has
signed a 5-year contract with the Packers organization as
well.

2008

On March 4, 2008, Brett Favre announced
his retirement, but filed for reinstatement with the NFL on July
29, 2008 creating turmoil within the Packers organization and a
media frenzy across the sports nation. Favre's petition was granted
by Commissioner Roger Goodell,
effective August 4, 2008. On August 6, 2008 it was announced that
Brett Favre was traded to the New York
Jets.

After Favre had been traded, the Packers started their 2008 season with their 2005 first round
draft pick quarterback Aaron Rodgers
under center; he was the first quarterback other than Brett Favre
to start for the Packers in 16 years. Rodgers played very well his
first year starting for the Packers, and in comparison, posted
nearly identical statistics as the freshly traded Brett Favre had
his final year with the Packers. The team as a whole, however,
could not finish their contests and lost 7 games by 4 or less
points; resulting in a 6–10 record overall. The reason for the
team's poor record was attributed mostly to the numerous injuries
on defense that regularly kept six or seven starters off the field
at various times throughout the year. After the season's finish,
eight coaches were replaced by the management. Bob Sanders, the
team's defensive coordinator, was replaced by Dom Capers.

2009

In March 2009, the organization assured fans that Brett Favre's
jersey number would be retired, but not during the 2009 season. In
April 2009, the Packers selected defensive lineman B.J.Raji of Boston
College as the team's first pick in the draft. The team then traded
three draft picks for another first-round pick, selecting
linebacker Clay Matthews III of
Southern California.

Public company

The Don Hutson Center

The Packers are now the only publicly owned company with a board of
directors in American professional sports (although other teams are
directly owned by publicly traded companies, such as the New York Rangers and New York Knicks (Cablevision), the Seattle Mariners (Nintendo of America), and the Toronto Blue Jays (Rogers Communications)). Typically, a
team is owned by one person, partnership, or corporate entity;
thus, a "team owner." It has been speculated that this is one of
the reasons the Green Bay Packers have never been moved from the
city of Green Bay, a city of only 102,313 people as of the 2000
census.

By comparison, the typical NFL city is populated in the millions or
higher hundred-thousands. The Packers, however, have long had a large
following throughout Wisconsin and parts of the Midwest; in fact, for decades, the
Packers played four (one pre-season, three regular-season) home
games each year in Milwaukee, first at the State Fair Park fairgrounds, then at Milwaukee County
Stadium. The Packers did not move their entire home
schedule to Green Bay until 1995.

County
Stadium's replacement, Miller Park, then being planned, was always intended to be a
baseball-only stadium instead of a
multipurpose stadium.

Based on the original "Articles of Incorporation for the (then)
Green Bay Football Corporation" put into place in 1923, if the
Packers franchise were to have been sold, after the payment of all
expenses, any remaining money would go to the Sullivan Post of the
American Legion in order to build "a
proper soldier's memorial." This stipulation was enacted to ensure
the club remained in Green Bay and that there could never be any
financial enhancement for the shareholders. At the November 1997
annual meeting, shareholders voted to change the beneficiary from
the Sullivan-Wallen Post to the Green Bay Packers Foundation, which
makes donations to many charities and institutions throughout
Wisconsin.

In 1950, the Packers held a stock sale to again raise money to
support the team. In 1956, area voters approved the construction of
a new city owned stadium. As with its predecessor, the new field was
named City
Stadium, but after the death of founder Lambeau in 1965, on
September 11, 1965, the stadium was renamed Lambeau Field.

Another stock sale occurred late in 1997 and early in 1998. It
added 105,989 new shareholders and raised over $24 million, money
used for the Lambeau Field redevelopment project. Priced at $200
per share, fans bought 120,010 shares during the 17-week sale,
which ended March 16, 1998. As of June 8, 2005, 112,015 people (representing 4,750,934 shares) can lay claim to a franchise
ownership interest. Shares of stock include voting rights, but the
redemption price is minimal, no dividends are ever paid, the stock
cannot appreciate in value - though private sales often exceed the
face value of the stock, and stock ownership brings no season
ticket privileges. No shareholder may own over 200,000 shares, a
safeguard to ensure that no individual can assume control of the
club. To run the corporation, a board of directors is elected by
the stockholders. The board of directors in turn elect a
seven-member Executive Committee (officers) of the corporation,
consisting of a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and
three members-at-large. The president is the only officer to draw
compensation; the rest of the committee is sitting "gratis."

The team's elected president represents the Packers in NFL owners
meetings unless someone else is designated. During his time as
coach, Vince Lombardi generally
represented the team at league meetings in his role as general
manager, except at owners-only meetings.

Green Bay is the only team with this form of ownership structure in
the NFL; such ownership is technically in direct violation of
league rules, which stipulate a limit of 32 owners of one team and
one of those owners having a minimum 30% stake. However, the
Packers corporation was grandfathered when the NFL's current
ownership policy was established in the 1980s[1555], and are thus exempt.

Board of Directors

Green Bay Packers, Inc., is governed by a seven-member Executive
Committee, elected from a board of directors. The committee directs
corporate management, approves major capital expenditures,
establishes broad policy and monitors management's performance in
conducting the business and affairs of the corporation.

Green Bay Packers Foundation

The team created the Green Bay Packers Foundation in December 1986.
The foundation assists in a wide variety of activities and programs
that benefit education, civic affairs, health services, human
services and youth-related programs.

At the team's 1999 annual stockholders meeting, it was voted to
make the foundation the recipient of any remaining assets if the
team were to be sold or dissolved. In 1923, the Packers were
incorporated in Wisconsin as a nonprofit corporation. Stipulations
were that if the Packers were sold, all assets would be transferred
to the Sullivan-Wallen Post of the American Legion in order to
build a "proper soldiers memorial." No shareholder can own more
than 200,000 shares in the company. This has put the Packers in a
unique situation, as it would be impossible to move the team from
Wisconsin. In turn, the franchise has remained in the tiny market
of Green Bay.

Fan base

Annual postcard sent out by the organization to those currently on
the waiting list for season tickets

The Packers' fan base is famously dedicated: regardless of the
team's performance, every Packers game at Lambeau Field has been
sold out since 1960. Despite the Packers having by far the smallest
local TV market, the Packers have developed one of the largest fan
bases in the NFL. Each year they consistently rank as one of the
top teams in terms of popularity. The Packers have one of the
longest waiting lists for season tickets in professional sports with about 74,000
people as of May 3, 2007. In 2008 the list grew by more than 4,000
names. That is more names on the waiting list than there are seats
at Lambeau Field. The average wait time for season tickets is
approximately 35 years, however if one were to be added to the list
today the estimated wait would be well over 100 years. For this
reason, it is not unusual for fans to designate a recipient of
their season tickets in their wills or place newborn infants on the
waiting list after receiving birth certificates.

A cheesehead hat, commonly worn by
Packer fans

Packers fans are often referred to as cheeseheads. The term is often used to refer to
people from the state of Wisconsin in general (because of its
cheese production), but is also used to refer to Green Bay Packers
fans in particular. The name originated in 1987 as an insult from
Chicago White Sox fans at a Milwaukee Brewers game. In years since
and particularly beginning in 1994, the name and the hats called
"cheeseheads" have also been embraced by Packers fans.

During training camp in the summer months (held outside the
Don Hutson Center), young Packers
fans can take their bikes and have their favorite player ride their
bike to the practice field from the locker room. This is an old
Packers tradition dating back to approximately 1957 (the first
years of Lambeau Field's existence). Gary
Knafelc, a Packers end at the time, said, "I think it was just
that kids wanted us to ride their bikes. I can remember kids
saying, 'Hey, ride my bike.'" The practice continues today.

Each year the team holds an intra-squad scrimmage, called Family
Night, at Lambeau Field. During 2004 and 2005 over 60,000 fans
attended, selling out the stadium bowl. The Packers hosted the
Buffalo Bills for the 2005 edition of Family night setting an
attendance record with 62,492 fans attending.

In August 2008, ESPN.com ranked the Packers
as having the second-best fans in the NFL. The team initially
finished tied with the Pittsburgh
Steelers (who finished ahead of the Packers) as having the best
fans, but the tie was broken by ESPN's own
John Clayton, a Pittsburgh native.

Nickname, logo, and uniforms

Packers logo 1961-present.

Green Bay Packers uniform:
1984-1988

Green Bay Packers & Cheerleaders

Curly Lambeau, the team's founder,
solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing
Company. He was given $500 for uniforms and equipment, on condition
that the team be named for its sponsor (a similar event would occur
the following year with the Decatur
Staleys, who later became the Chicago
Bears). An early newspaper article referred to the new Green
Bay team as "the Indians" but by the time they played their first
game they had adopted the name "Packers."

In the early days, the Packers also were referred to as the "Bays"
and the "Blues" (and even occasionally as "the Big Bay Blues").
These never were official nicknames, although Lambeau did consider
replacing "Packers" with "Blues" in the 1920s.

In 1920, the Indian Packing Company was purchased by the Acme Packing Company. Acme continued
its support of Lambeau's team, and in its first season in the NFL
the team wore jerseys with the words "ACME PACKERS" emblazoned on
the chest.

Lambeau, who attended the University of Notre Dame, chose the
team's colors of navy blue and gold from the college. Again, like the Irish,
in the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s the Packers sometimes used
green and gold before returning to the traditional blue and
gold.

In 1959, new head coach Vince
Lombardi changed the colors to the hunter green and gold (navy
blue was kept as a secondary color, seen primarily on sideline
capes, but it was not actually used and quietly was dropped from
the team colors list on all official materials shortly thereafter).
This color scheme yields the common Packers nickname, "The Green
and Gold". In 1994, the NFL's 75th anniversary, the team
participated in the league-wide use of "throwback" jerseys. The
team has not done so since, and has yet to wear throwback uniforms
at home games, though the Packers have worn them for two
Thanksgiving Day games against the Detroit
Lions. In 2001, the Packers sported throwback uniforms worn in
the 1930s, while in 2003 they wore throwback uniforms from the
1960s (which were only slightly different from the current
uniforms).

While several NFL teams choose to wear white jerseys at home early
in the season due to white's ability to reflect the late summer
sun's rays, the Packers have only ever done so during the opening
two games of the 1989 season. Although alternate gold jerseys with
green numbers are sold on a retail basis, the team currently has no
plans to introduce such a jersey to be used in actual games.

The oval "G" logo was created in 1961 by Packers equipment manager
George "Dad" Braisher. The team actually used a number of different
logos prior to 1961, but the "G" is the only logo that has ever
appeared on the helmet. Although the Packers have granted limited
permission to other organizations to utilize a similar logo,
notably the University of Georgia
and Grambling State
University, the Packers hold the trademark for it. Adopted in
1964, the Georgia "G"- though different in design and color- was
similar to the Packer's "G". Then Georgia head coach Vince Dooley thought it best to clear the use
of Georgia's new emblem with the Packers. However, since its
inception in 1961, the Packer's "G" has been redesigned several
times and now looks like Georgia's original 1964 "G."

Stadium

Lambeau Field after its 2003
renovation

The Packers have played home games in Lambeau Field since 1957,
making it the longest continuously occupied National Football
League stadium. Before 1957, the Packers played home games in City
Stadium; the Packers moved to Lambeau Field because the NFL
threatened to move the franchise to Milwaukee if a larger stadium
was not built in Green Bay. When Lambeau Field was built, it became
the first stadium built exclusively for an NFL team. Lambeau Field
was originally named City Stadium like its predecessor, but its
name was changed after the death of Curly Lambeau.

When Lambeau Field opened in 1957, it had a seating capacity of 32,150. The stadium was
expanded seven times before the end of the 1990s, and seating capacity reached 60,890. In 2003,
Lambeau Field was extensively renovated to expand seating,
modernize stadium facilities, and add an atrium area. These
renovations raised Lambeau Field's seating capacity to 72,928. Despite the
multiple expansions of Lambeau Field, all Packers games have been
sold out since 1960, and over 78,000 names are on the waiting list
for season tickets.

The
Packers played two to three home games each year in Milwaukee's County Stadium from 1953 to 1994. The Milwaukee games were
played due to the large Packers fan base in Milwaukee. Since County
Stadium was primarily a baseball stadium, the field could barely
fit a football field, and the end zones extended onto the warning track. In 1994, the Packers left
County Stadium due to a seating expansion in Lambeau Field.

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed
by the Packers.For the full season-by-season franchise
results, see Green Bay Packers
seasons.

NOTE: Emmitt Thomas, who was inducted
in the Hall of Fame for his career as a player, served as a
defensive coordinator for the Packers, though he never played with
them.

Retired numbers

Retired numbers on display in the
Lambeau Field's north end zone in October 2007

In nearly nine decades of Packers football, the Packers have
formally retired 5 numbers. All five Packers are members of the Pro Football
Hall of Fame and their numbers and names are displayed on the
green facade of Lambeau Field's north endzone as well as in the
Lambeau Field Atrium.

After Brett Favre stated his intent to retire in May 2008, the
Packers announced that his #4 would be retired in a ceremony during
the team's 2008 opening game against the Minnesota Vikings. The
ceremony was cancelled following Favre's subsequent decision to
return to the game, and he was traded to the New York Jets. In
March 2009, the Packers indicated that the team still intends to
retire Favre's number, but due to the circumstances surrounding his
departure from the team, no timeline had been set.

Current staff

Radio and television

University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
Packers Cheerleaders

The Packers are unique in having their market area cover two media
markets, both Green Bay and Milwaukee, and blackout policies for
the team apply within both areas, though they have not come into
effect since 1972 (when all home games - even sell-outs - were
blacked out) due to strong home attendance and popularity.

The
Packers' flagship radio station is Milwaukee-based WTMJ-AM (620), with the games airing in Green Bay
on WTAQ (1360) and
WIXX-FM (101.1).Wayne Larrivee is the play-by-play announcer
and Larry McCarren is the color
analyst. Larrivee joined the team after many years as the Chicago
Bears' announcer. Jim Irwin
and Max McGee were the longtime radio
announcers before Larivee and McCarren.

The
preseason rights for games not nationally broadcast are held by
WFRV (Channel 5) in Green Bay and WTMJ (Channel 4)
in Milwaukee, with the coverage airing on other stations around the
state; WFRV was previously owned by CBS
Corporation until April 2007, when the station was purchased by
Liberty Media. Preseason
coverage has been produced by CBS, using the
NFL on CBS graphics package with
the CBS eyemark replaced by the Packers logo. The TV play-by-play
announcer, Kevin Harlan (also on loan
from CBS), is the son of former Packers president Bob Harlan. In the 2008 pre-season, all of the Packers
preseason games on the statewide network were produced and aired in
high definition, while
two games on WTMJ instead aired over WVTV (Channel 18)
due to Channel 4's obligations to 2008 Summer Olympics coverage in
Milwaukee.

ESPNMonday Night
Football games, both pre-season and season, are broadcast
over the air on ABC
affiliates WBAY (Channel 2)
in Green Bay and WISN (Channel 12)
in Milwaukee, while the stations airing Packers games in the
NFL NetworkRun to the Playoffs package have
varied. WBAY has aired the Monday night games since 1993
(the year they switched to ABC), when the series was on ABC as a
whole (WLUK and WFRV were also ABC affiliates at some point), while
WISN has broadcast the games to the Milwaukee audience since 1977
(WITI aired the games in Milwaukee prior to that).

The
team's intra-squad Lambeau scrimmage at the beginning of the
season, which is marketed as Packers Family Night, is
broadcast by WITI (Channel 6)
in Milwaukee, and produced by WLUK (Channel 11)
in Green Bay, both Fox
affiliates which broadcast the bulk of the team's regular season
games (WITI has aired Packers games since 1977, when they were a
CBS affiliate; both WITI and the NFC package went to Fox in 1994 -
for part of that season, the games were on WCGV). The
scrimmage is also broadcast by the state's other Fox
affiliates.

In Green Bay, prior to WLUK becoming the "home" station, most
Packers regular season games aired on WBAY from 1962-92 while it
was a CBS affiliate. CBS purchased WFRV in 1993 and the Packers
games aired there for one year. The games moved to Fox and WGBA (channel 26)
in 1994. In October 1995, WGBA swapped affiliations (and
thus, parts of the NFL TV package) with WLUK, becoming an NBC affiliate (NBC had also been seen on WFRV in the
past) and aired afternoon Packers games where they hosted an AFC
team. This package moved to CBS and WFRV in 1998.

In
Milwaukee, WTMJ aired the interconference home games from 1973-97,
when they moved to WDJT.

The NFL does not count any seasons played outside of their
league in their official records. If the 1919 and 1920 season were
counted, the Packers would have 19 more wins, 2 more losses, and 1
more tie in their total results.